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December 23 2025
Bringing a Jamaican flavour to Christmas in Canada
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Cherre Crawford, her husband Rick and daughter Kyra-Leigh.
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Cherre Crawford
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The Shaws in PJs.
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Robert Shaw with his wife, Chantelle (centre) and their daughter, Shanai.
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Christmas cake baked by Cherre.
Food, friends and family take on a whole new meaning when Jamaicans have to spend Christmas outside of their island home. Although the airports will be busy with hundreds of Jamaicans travelling back home, thousands more will be spending the holidays in their adopted homelands. The Gleaner caught up with two families who are getting ready to spend another Christmas in Canada. They insist that though they miss the warmth of Jamaica, the ice-cold winter is no match for the holiday celebrations they have planned.
